Window-sash holder



HIL, scHoLL.

WINDOW SASH HOLDER.

APPLiCATION FILED DEC.20,19IQ. RENEWED APR. 11,1922. 1,423,034.

Patented July 18, 1922.

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WINDOW-SASH HOLDER. i

Application filed December 20, 1319, Serial No. 346

To all 7o from it' m (1,7/ concern Be it known that l, HENRY L. ScHoLL,a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in Spokane Countyand State of lllashington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lVindow-Sash Holders. of which the following is aspecification,

My present invention relates to a new .and improved window-sash holderof the swinging bolt variety, and designed to be attached to one sash,as the lower one, and impinge against or contact with a portion of theupper sash, to hold either or both sashes in adjusted position. Theprimary object of the invention is the provision of a dev ice for thispurpose that is comparatively inexpensive in cost of production, simplein construction and operation, durable, and thoroughly efficient inperforming its intended function of holdinga the sashes in desiredrelative position. o this end the invention consists essentially in asupporting bracket attached preferably to the `up per portion of thelower sash and provided with a novel form of swinging bolt to be wedgedor cammed in close frictional contact with the upper sash, thusproviding means for holding the lower normally positioned sash in rigidrelation with the adjusted upper sash, or permitting an elevation andretention of the lower sash with relation to the upper sash, and alsoenabling the upper sash to be lowered and the lower sash to be liftedand held in rigid relation one with another.

ln the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed and arrangedaccording to the best mode l have so far devised for the practicalapplication of the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view showing so much of the window frame andthe upper and lower sashes, as is necessaryfor a clear understanding ofthe exemplification of my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the device on the uppercross bar of a lower sash and engaging the side bar of an upper sash.

Figure?) is a side elevation of the retain ing device or holder,detached.

For the purpose of illustrating the applin cation and use of my novelholding device Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July l,

Renewed April 1l, 1922. Serial No. 551,463. l have indicated the ofwindow frame l., withk the upper sash 2 and the lower sash 3 of usualform and including the upper transverse bar l ofthe lower sash andvertical side bar-5 of the upper sash, with which members the device ofthe invention co-acts, and said indicatedas a whole by the numeral 6 inFigure l and secured on the top of the upper transverse bar 4E referredto.

The supporting bracket is preferably made of strong sheet metal as brassor steel with the two sides 7, 7, and angular fianges or base plates 8,8, which, by means of the screws 9, are attached to the transverse bar 4as shown in Figure 2. The bracket may also be of cast metal if desired,but in any event is made of the general outline and shape indicated,with a front, inclined or angular wall l() joining the two side walls 7,and fashioned with a pair of slots 1l, l1 spaced away from the frontwall l0, and lying in a plane approximately at right angles to theinclined plane of the front wall or plate l0. Within the oppositelydisposed, complementary slots ll l1 is journaled a swinging` bolt l2 inthe form of a U shaped bail, and on the inwardly bent ends of the bail alroller l2 is journaled which ymay be swung outwardly to inoperativeposition as in Figure 3, or inwardly to operative position as in Figure2, which gures clearly show the action of the swinging bolt.

In Figure 2 it is apparent that the roller is jammed between theinclined face or platek conventionalized form device is lO ofthe bracketand the face of the side bar 5 of the upper sash, and that power appliedto the upper sash to `lower it, or power applied to lthe lower sash toraise it, will only result in clamping the roller tighter between thetwo adjoining faces with the result that the two sashes are moreintimately locked together. However, it will be clear that the uppersash may with facility be raised to close the upper sash of the window,as it is evident that lifting this sash will disengage the roller fromthe surfaces between which it is jammed. Thus, after the window sashesare once adjusted the upper, lowered, one cannot be further lowered oropened from the outside, nor can the lower, raised sash be lifted fromthe outside, for the reason that they are locked on the inside by theholder whichL is inaccessible, and unauthorized ingress is prevented.

The slots provide for Jrree movement of the bail er safii'iging bolt,and perinit the rollerto adapt itself to irregularities on the surfaceof the upper sash bar, and if desired the roller may be corrugated asshown to insure a close 'frictional contact with the 'friction surfacesl0 and 5. Usually one oji the holders will be sufficient to retain theWindow sashes in adjusted position, but oi" course one inay be used ateach side of the sash if desired to insure stability and {irniness inthe holders.

Having thus lully described niy invention, what l cla-ini and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- A Window sash holder consisting of anintegral bracket lia-vingan attaching base' plate an inclined frontplate, vertical side 'Walls and rearwardhT declining` straight slots insaid Walls lying` in a plane approximately perpendicular to the virontplate, a U-shape bail journaled in the Walls, a roller journaled on thebail toy co-act with the front plater and said bail adapted to 'form apivot and the upper ends of the slots located in positioiny whereby theroller malsY be swung over the top et the bracket and rest on the rearedges of the Walls of the bracket.

ln testiinoiq7 whereof l ai'lix my signature.

HENRY L. SCHOLL.

